According to The Columbus Dispatch's Aaron Portzline, the Islanders were ready to trade all seven of their draft picks to the Columbus Blue Jackets last week just so they could move up two spots in the first round and take Murray at No. 2 overall.

Aaron Murray put on a Blue Jackets sweater Friday. If two reports are true, he almost rocked Islanders gear. (AP Photo)

Yahoo! Sports' Greg Wyshynski, meanwhile, reported that the Isles were willing to deal their picks only if the Edmonton Oilers had taken Murray and Yakupov slipped to No. 2. The Oilers drafted Yakupov No. 1.

Either way, the Blue Jackets took Murray for themselves. The Dispatch reports that the 18-year-old defenseman could move directly from juniors to the NHL next season.

Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson declined to comment about the Islanders’ supposed proposal. He did tell the Dispatch he received a “very attractive offer” from a team just prior to the draft on Friday, and that the same team later made another offer.

Earlier in the day, Columbus traded a 2012 second-rounder and fourth-rounder along with a future fourth-round pick to the Philadelphia Flyers for goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky.

An Isles-Jackets swap would have produced flashbacks of New Orleans Saints honcho Mike Ditka sending all his draft picks to the Washington Redskins for the right to take Williams in 1999. The Ditka-Williams marriage didn't work out too well.